SEP 12.1.1000.157 (RU1) IPS Signature Definitions out of date and not updating

I have SEPMs that are 12.1 RU1 supporting a mixed client base of SEP 11 MR4, SEP 11 RU5, SEP 11 RU6a, SEP 11 RU6 MP2 and SEP 12.1 RU1 clients. Most of the virus/spyware/sonar defs are up todate but I have a lot of systems that are reporting out of date IPS Signature definitions and I do not know how - nor can I find any KB articles on how to manually update.

The clients are configured to access GUPs on their local subnets and we are not using Symantec LiveUpdate servers for the clients - only the SEPM. Is there any way to force IPS Signature defs to download current?

What date are you showing? Latest from Symantec should be 9-17-2012 rev. 001.

Did you verify on a client that it is truly out of date? I seen some reporting issues here and there where the SEPM will report the client is out of date but upon checking the client, everything is fine.

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Intrusion Prevention updates that were released on September 18th, 2012 or later, dated 2012/09/16 rev. 002 or higher, remediate the attribute on almost all configurations. Administrators with configurations listed below can check their clients by searching in SEPM for clients that use an old IPS version.

Clients that consistently receive updates from a LiveUpdate server will receive the content update that will correct their configuration automatically.

Clients that use both LiveUpdate and Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager for content can be corrected by running LiveUpdate to a Symantec LiveUpdate server or to a LiveUpdate Administrator. This can be done from the management console by executing the "run LiveUpdate now" command. Once the client has received affected content from LiveUpdate, they will not be repaired until they run LiveUpdate again – the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager will not distribute the fix.